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Trump blasted for airing propaganda video at coronavirus briefing US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence watch a video during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus at the White House on April 13, 2020. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump shocked reporters at the White House by broadcasting a video with misleading information at his daily coronavirus... |
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Israeli political impasse: Gantz-Netanyahu miss coalition govt. deadline Head of Israels Blue and White Party Benny Gantz (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at a ceremony in occupied Jerusalem al-Quds, November 10, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has extended the mandate of centrist Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz... |
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Forest fire around defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant put out, Ukraine government says This aerial picture, taken on April 12, 2020, shows a forest fire burning at a 30-kilometer Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine, not far from the site of the former nuclear power plant. (By AFP)
A huge blaze that tore through forests around the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant has been put out, Ukrainian... |
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Macron extends Frances COVID-19 lockdown until May 11 French President Emmanuel Macron is seen on multiple monitors in Paris, as he speaks from the Elysee Palace during a televised address to the nation on April 13, 2020, on the 28th day of a lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo... |
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Prisoners in Ecuador make coffins in response to COVID-19 crisis A pick-up truck carries coffins as its drives past the IESS Hospital Los Ceibos in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 13, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Given the critical lack of coffins to bury those who have died from COVID-19 in Ecuador, the countrys Ministry of Environment and Water has initiated a program that... |
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Four civilians killed in exchange of fire between India, Pakistan troops in Kashmir Pakistani troops patrol at the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border between Pakistan and India, in Chakothi sector, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, August 29, 2019. (File photo by AFP)
Four civilians have been killed during an exchange of fire between troops of Pakistan and India across the restive... |
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Hamas dismisses as untrue reports of prisoner swap deal with Israel The file photo shows Palestinian prisoners at a detention facility in Israel.
A senior official with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has categorically dismissed as "untrue" reports that it will soon reach a deal to swap prisoners with Israel.
Moussa Dodin, member of Hamas political bureau,... |
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Coronavirus fear adds to already poor economy in Gaza, committee warns Palestinian children play at a refugee camp in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 11, 2020. Only a few cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Gaza, but experts have warned that an epidemic in the enclave would likely be disastrous. (File photo by AFP)
It is bitterly hard times for the... |
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Trumps response to coronavirus pandemic ruining US reputation: Guardian US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 10, 2020, in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trumps response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has been sharply condemned... |
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Israeli drones violate Lebanese airspace, buzz over Beirut, southern suburbs This file photo shows an Israeli Eitan unmanned aerial vehicle. (Photo by the Times of Israel)
Lebanon says Israeli reconnaissance aircraft have entered the countrys airspace and flown over the capital Beirut and its southern suburbs in flagrant violation of a UN Security Council resolution.
The state-run... |
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US sailor from coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier dies after contracting virus The USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) is pictured as it enters the port in Da Nang, Vietnam, March 5, 2020. (Reuters photo)
A US Navy sailor died on Monday after contracting the coronavirus, marking the first death of a sailor assigned to the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
Late... |
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China says not discriminating against African brothers amid outbreak Junior students wait in line as they practice social distancing on the first day of returning to school following the outbreak of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country, at a secondary school in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China, on April 13, 2020. (cnsphoto via Reuters)
China has rejected... |
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Muslims attacked, nearly lynched amid coronavirus rumors in India: Report Muslims offer Friday Prayers as they stand maintaining social distancing at the ancient Shahi Jama Masjid during a lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Ahmedabad on March 27, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The coronavirus outbreak has sparked a spree of anti-Muslim attacks across... |
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US cannot treat world countries, intl. bodies as its subordinates: Iran An Iranian member of the medical staff works on the production of Covid-19 test kits at a medical center in the city of Karaj in the northern Alborz Province on April 11, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Iran says the United Stats cannot treat world countries and international institutions as its property, and... |
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Rate of virus infections declining in most Iranian provinces: Official A Bajis member stands in front of a a mural in central Tehran during a drill to contain the new coronavirus.
Irans deputy health minister says the rate of new infections from the new coronavirus has been declining across most of the countrys 31 provinces.
"In six provinces, the trend of coronavirus... |
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Venezuela extends coronavirus quarantine for another 30 days Drivers wait in a queue to refuel the tanks of their cars at a gas station, in Caracas on April 7, 2020 amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. (Photo by AFP)
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced a 30-day extension of the ongoing quarantine nationwide to contain the... |
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UK cancels order for simple ventilators, needs more complex ones: source Medical staff are seen outside the NHS Nightingale Hospital at the Excel Center in London as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 11, 2020. (Reuters photo)
Britain has cancelled an order for thousands of units of a simple model of ventilator developed by... |
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Fauci confirms reports Trump rebuffed social distancing advice US public health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks on CNNs State of the Union program, April 12, 2020.
US public health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has confirmed reports that President Donald Trump rebuffed his social distancing advice.
The New York Times reported Sunday that Fauci, the federal governments... |
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Turkish court indicts 20 Saudis for murdering Khashoggi A demonstrator holds a poster of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul. (Photo by AFP)
A Turkish court has accepted an indictment brought against 20 Saudis, including two former associates of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, for the... |
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Trump vows to trigger tremendous surge in US economy shattered by pandemic US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 7, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)
US President Donald Trump has claimed he will rebuild the economy, which has been shattered by the repercussions... |
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Ansarullah says Saudi-led coalitions ceasefire merely aimed at misleading world This photo shows dust rising from the site of a Saudi-led airstrike in Yemens capital Sanaa on March 30, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A high-ranking official from Yemens Houthi Ansarullah movement has roundly rejected as fraudulent a two-week ceasefire declared by the coalition led by the Saudi regime,... |
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Pope urges removal of international sanctions amid pandemic Pope Francis gathers his thoughts during Easter Sunday Mass on April 12, 2020 behind closed doors at St. Peters Basilica in The Vatican, during the lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by AFP)
Pope Francis has urged world powers to... |
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Health situation in Gaza critical due to lack of supplies to run COVID-19 tests: Ministry The file photo shows Palestinian medics escort a woman leaving the Muscat Medical Center in Khan Younis after she spent time in quarantine following her arrival in the besieged Gaza Strip (by AFP)
The health ministry of the besieged Gaze Strip has warned of critical healthcare situation in the impoverished... |
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Trump privately weighed letting COVID-19 wash over country: Report (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 17, 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during the daily press briefing on the coronavirus pandemic situation at the White House in Washington, DC.
In his desire to reopen the US economy as soon as possible, President Donald Trump... |
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Saudi-led campaign, blockade inflict over $12bn losses on Yemen education sector: Ministry The file photo, taken on September 3, 2019, shows Yemeni children on the first day of the new academic year in a destroyed classroom in the southern port city of Taizz. (By AFP)
The Yemeni Ministry of Education says the ongoing Saudi-led military campaign and all-out blockade against the war-ravaged... |
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Iran has handled virus outbreak better than US, Europe: President Rouhani Medical staff at Amir Alam Hospital in Tehran make gestures to photographers. (Photo by Tasnim)
President Hassan Rouhani says Iran has handled the novel coronavirus outbreak better than Europe and the United States, assuring that the countrys stocks of basic commodities are replenished better than... |
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Saudi-backed militants take military camp on Yemens Socotra island This file photo shows UAE-backed southern separatists in Aden.
Saudi-sponsored militants have reportedly seized control of a military camp in Yemens strategic island of Socotra from UAE-backed separatists amid growing divisions.
According to local sources, militants loyal to former president Abd... |
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Trump likes virus briefings, some advisers worry he likes them too much US President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 9, 2020, in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
Cooped up in the White House, President Donald Trump sees the coronavirus... |
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Biden wins Alaska primary, gains nine delegates Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden bends back to avoid the hand of Senator Bernie Sanders as Sanders points past Biden during the US Democratic presidential candidates debate at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, US November 20, 2019. (Reuters photo)
Former US... |
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US steps up intrusion as Iraqs new PM seeks to form govt. Mustafa al-Kadhimi faces the possible fallout from a recent military build-up by the US, including its deployment of Patriot missile systems to Iraq.
Iraqs Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi has been trying to set up a new cabinet amid public calls for social welfare and the withdrawal of... |
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